Gah, I just need to let it out.
Since October, I have had constant symptoms. It started with a persistent cough with asthma (I never had asthma before). Steroids fixed it, but it came back later with a cold, steroids fixed it again. I then ended up with crazy lung pain and elevated D-dimer but once CT later and no evidence of a clot (it could have passed on its own). The, I discovered a lump in my toe bone, eventually discovered to be benign. Then, I finally went to a skin check I had been putting off and found out the bump that just seemed like a new skin tag was actually a basal cell carcinoma (inducing a full on skin panic). I've been grinding my teeth and clenching my jaw like mad, and I developed this strange bump on my jaw bone, getting checked on Fri. Then today, I discovered that my nostril collapses when I take a deep breath. It had been feeling clogged and just weird in there for a month or two, and I've had post nasal drip for a long time, but the feeling would come and go, so I guess I just wrote it off. NOw I need to see an ENT, but the worst part of being a hypochondriac (OK not worst but up there) is just not being able to trust your own judgment.
I am spiraling so bad. I've gone through bad bouts of HA before, followed by relative calm. My HA is mostly cancer focused, and I just can't shake the fear that I have cancer, somewhere. Even when they rushed me off to the ER to get the CT for my suspected clot (they called me at work and told me to get to the hospital), my thought process was OMG this is the day I find out I have lung cancer. This thing with my nose, of course, is making me think nasal or sinus cancer. My toe made me think sarcoma. Even the basal cell, I thought melanoma for sure.
THere is no point to this post. I just can't help myself right now. The temptation to take it to the darkest place possible is so strong!!! I am not focusing well at work, my husband is fed up, I am just half-assing it at home and with my kids. NOw, I do have legitimate issues that I need to check out, and this is just prolonging the hell. I am in my 40s, so maybe constant health gunk is just part of life now, but I really can't take it. I have 3 kids ranging in age from 3-12. The pressure to NOT have cancer or drop dead weighs on me so hard. They all need me in their different ways, and just the thought of dropping dead on them is like a stab in the heart. I mean, I don't want to be sick for me either, but I CAN'T be sick because of them. OMG.